

MARKETING PLAN
It's essential to market, promote and sell your book(s). Below are some suggestions to help you write your marketing plan. 1. Write the marketing plan in a notebook or computer.
2. Set a budget.
3. Decide on the strategies to implement.
4. Date to start your marketing plan.
5. Do not try and implement every strategy.
6. Make the time to market strategies
7. Track what marketing strategies are working.
8. Realize that your plan is a work in progress. #marketing #promiot


HOW TO BE A SUCCESSFUL AUTHOR
How do you become a successful author. It took me awhile to understand what it takes to sell your books. When my first book was published I wish someone had told me what it meant to promote, market and sell your book. No matter how your book is published--traditional or self-published--the author is responsibility for marketing his/her book. Marketing is so important and this is what I suggest to any author with a published book. 1. Develop a marketing plan. 2. Determine how


BRAINSTORMING MARKETING IDEAS
Okay, I was ready to develop my marketing plan even though I only had one idea--have a book signing. At least I could brainstorm my ideas with someone. Thank God for my friend, Marlene. She and I met and for several hours discussing how to go beyond having a book signing. Coming up with ideas was more difficult then we expected. Finally, we decided to start small and make my marketing plan a living document. To start, we came up with the following: 1. Sponsor my own book sign